Glass-working machine



F. L. O. WADSWGRTH.

GLASS WURKNG MACHNE.

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Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. 0. WADSWURTH, 0F PITISBURGI-I, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOB TO BROTHE :eALL4 RS GLASS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 0F MUNCIE, INDIANA, A COR- PORATION 0FY INDIANA.

GLASS-WORKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1920.

original application filed April 24, 1914, Serial No. 834,233. Divided and this application led June 27,

1918. Serial To all whom it may concern Be it knovn that I, FRANK L. O. Wanswon'ru, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county oft Alleglieny and State of Pennsylvania. have linvented a new and useful Glassliilorking achille, of which the following is a specificationi The object of my invention is to produce :1 machine for working' glass, of such character as to be especially available for receiving successive charges oi' molten glass from a downwardlylowing stream.

Thinpresent application is a division from application Serial No. 834,233, fiied April 24. 1914.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention. Figure 1 is a vertical section of a n'iachine embodyingl my invention. the section being taken on lines 1`1 and X-"Y 0f Fig. and the view also showing a fraginentary vertical section of a furnace or other supply of molten glass delivering' a downwardlyiiowing stream; tion on line? 2--2 ol Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 a plan with the shearing and strearnheat'ing mechanism cut away.

The drawings illustra-te a machine which is particularly adapted for the production of vitreous articles by a. combined pressing and blowing operation, in which a hot blank, or parison, is lirst formed in one mold by a press plunger and is then form in another mold by air pressure, vision/being made for cutting the flowing stream of glass into successive charges and for locally externally heating the freshly out end before it is allowed to proceed to the next mold.

In the drawings, 2 indicates the delivery orifice in the bottom of a supply chamber l, from which the glass Hows in a stream to the blank, or parison molds 216, as they are brought successively to the charging position I to receive it. While in the charging;r p0- sit' l the receiving receptacle is supported 181, which pro- Fiw. 2 is a sec-, Vin the main frame which is pivotcd at 189 on the frame 190 which carries the cylinder body 187 andthe guides for the frames 185. The movable parts just deeeribi-id constitute the elements oi. a parallel motion straighteline iinkage, which moves the table or platen 181. horizontally when the piston 186 is raised or lowered.

The frame 19o is rotatably mounted on a central spindle 191 which is supported at its lower end in the upper end of a spindle or stud 192, and at its upper end by an overhanging arm 193 forming part of the main frame ol. the machine. Frame 190 carries three sets of platensupporting and actuating parte, such as have been described above, arranged at an angle of 120 degrees to' each other (see Fia. 2), two of these sets of parts being shown in the 120 degree angle section of Fig. 1. Atthe upper end of frame 190 is a bevel gear 190 which is engaged and rotilted by a bevel pinion 191. Pinion`194 is mounted on a short shaft which'is journaled oit the machine and carries at its other end an intcrrupted-toothed pinion 195 which is driven by a larger in terrupted-toothed gear 196, these gears being of a Well-known forni for intern'iittenl movement of gear 196. 196. 195, 194v and 190 is so proportioned as to move head 190 through one-third of a rotation at each cngagenient of the toothed portions of the Igears 195 and 196, and these the intervals of movement.

he upperace of the bevel gear i90 is covered by a cap 190 which contains two,

controlled in its ders 187. Ports 187 come successively intO registry with the short port 197 when the platens or tables 181 are in the position I, and are successively in registry with the long port 198 at all other times. Each levcr 188 of the iarallcl link support of the platens is provi ed with a dop,r 204 which is engaged and held by a latch 205 when the platens are extended under the molds.

Below the head 190. and coaxial therewith, upon the stem 192. is a second rotary table or head 206 which is moved intermit tently through one-sixth of a revolution by the bevel gears 207 and 208, gear 208 being driven by a mutilated gear 209 driven by a companion mutilated gear 210. Gear 210 is mounted on a shaft 211 which is rotated con stantly and synchronously with the main .power shaft of the machine by a chain, or

'other positiycdriving connection, 212. The lower table 206 has suitable guide mountings such as are indicated at E, Fig. 3, for receiving the side and bottom members 213 and 214 of the blow molds, and is also provided with downwardly-extended bracket spports 215 for receiving and su porting the parison molds 216 when the atter are withdrawn from the blow molds after the parison blank has been pressed to form, as indicated at positions II and III'atthe left of Fig. 1. This lower table support may also be provided with cylinder and piston members 217, 217, etc.. for opening and closing the. side members 213 of-the blow molds; the connec tion between the piston rods and the actuatin linkage for the mold parts being of such a c aracter to be readily disengaged and rearranged without disturbing the position 'lof the parts when the molds are lifted or lowered. as clearly indicated in Fig. 2.

The table 206 is also provided with means for actuating the bottom members 214 of the molds, these means consisting of levers 218 which are pivoted on the bevel gear 207 and carry at their lower ends rollers 219 engaged in the fixed cam track 220 on the main frame `of the machine. Gear 207 also carries a. series of independently pvoted levers 221, one for each mold mounting. whose inner ends are connected to rods that are provided at their upper ends with forked heads 222 which engage at proper times with the ends of the latches 205.

Carried on the main frame of the ma chine-are two cylinders 223 and 224, which are located respectively in vertical alinement with the positions occupied by the molds in positionsVII-J, and II-III (Figsvl and 3). The pistonsl of these cylinders carry heads .225 and 226, respectively, which are recessed to engage with the downwardly projecting lugs 216' ofthe parison molds 216. The pistons and heads carried thereby are actuated by comp air or steam introduced tothe cylinders 223 and 224 through valves 227 and 228 controlled by cams 229 and 230, respective] on shaft 211.

A pipe 231 le s from the com reseed air main through the hollow base of t e oentral standard 192 to a port inthe side of that standard and this port is in successive regis try with passageways 217 leading to each cvlinder 217, when the latter is in position v1 (see rig. is). The new of nr through this pi 231 may also, if desired, be further contro ed by a valve 232 operated by a cam 233 on shaft 211. A fourth pipe 234 leads from a vacuum tank or air exhaust pum to a secondport 217 in the face of the ho low standard 192 which port re 'sters suc cessively with the passageways 21g5 when the mold reaches the position V (Figli).

The main frame of the machine also carries a stream-Severin device S which is shown as similar in lts operation to that shown and described in my copending application, Serial No. 834,232. It consists of two reciprocating shear blades which are moved simultaneously at different speeds by the pinion crank disk 235 and connecting rod 230. these parts being actuated by the piston 237 and the piston rack rod 238. Below the shear blades there is a blast ring burner 239 to which gas and compressed air are supplied through pipes 240 and 241. The How of Huid through these pipes andv also to the cylinder containing the piston 237, is controlled by valves 242 and 243 actuated by cams 244 and 245 on shaft 211. Arranged at position VII is a pawl or catch 247 which is normally held projected by a spring 248 in position to engage a projected portion of each parison mold 216 as it is brought up by piston head 225 and arrest the upward move ment of this head at an intermediate point. This catch is provided with a portion which is extended upwardly in a position to be engaged by each platen 181 as it passes awav from the charging position I (Fig. 1).

The operation is as follows:

When the parts are in position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, there is a mold supported in the charging position I on a platen 181 of the upper table 190 and also molds in positions III, IV, V, VI and VII on the lower table 206. position E i the table being empty. When the mol at I Ahas been charged with the requisite quantity of glass. the valve 243 'is opened momentarily by cam 245, thus admitting air to the cylinder containing the piston 237 and closing the shear blades which are immediately opened again by the spring 246. Simultaneously with this opening movement, the valves 242 are actu- Y ated by the cam 244 to admit an increased ow of gas and supply of compressed air to the burner 239 to form a, hot blast jet sup port for th'e severed lend of the stream of glass, depending from the ori'oe 2.i' At the instant of closing the shear' blades, the

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fitti if# hieruit mnhi mi thtitawm' travi; summit 215 ami be empio ed in making a working machine. No detailis oi' the pressing mechanism or of the blowing mechanism are shown and various other details of like nature, which can be readily supplied by any skilled mechanic `familiar with this class of glass working machine, have likewise been omitted.

I claim as my invention: l. A working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable table, a plurality of receptacles removably mounted on said table, a plurality of shifter members arranged above the table to receive independ ent molds and movable laterally independent of the table` an elevator arranged below the table to lift the receptacles successively from the table to one of the shifter members, and a detruder arranged below the table to lower the receptacles from a shifting member to the table.

2. A glass working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable table, a plurality of receptacles removably mounted on said table,

an elevator arranged below the table at a charging station and adapted to successively engage'the receptacles and lift them in the charging line. an independently rotatable laterally movable receptacle carrier arranged above thetable to receive the receptacles from the elevator. a detruder arranged to receive receptacles from said carrier and lower the same to the table, means for interriiittently advancing thetable, and means for intermittently advancing the shifter member and for shifting the same into and out of engagement with the reeeptacles.

-l. A glass working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable. table, a plurality of parison molds removably carried by said table. a plurality of blow molds removably carried by the table an elevator' arranged in the charging lim` and adapted to successively engage the parison molds in the charging line and lift them first into the blow mold and then to lift the parison mold and blow mold together from the table, a shifter member arranged above the table and adapted to be moved first into position to receive a parison mold and blow mold from the elevator at the charging point. toV

then shift the molds from the charging point and relative to the rotary table and to thereafter withdraw from the molds, a detruder arranged to receive the molds from the shifter member and to lower the same to the rotary table and to retract the 4parison mold from the blow mold, and timing means for automatically controlling the movements of the several parta.

4. A glass working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable table, a, plurality of parison molds removably carried by said table, a plurality of blow molds removably carried by the table, an elevator arranged in the charging line and adapted to successively engage the parison molds in the charging line and lift them first into the blow mold and then to lift the parison mold and blow mold together from the table, a shifter member arranged above the table andadapted to be moved lirst into position to receive a parison mold and blow mold from the elevator at the charging point, to then shift the molds from the charging point and relative to the rotary table and to thereafter withdraw from the molds, a dertruder arranged to receive the molds from the shifter member and to lower the same to the rotary table, and timing means for automatically controlling the movements of the several parts.

A glass working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable table, a plurality of parison molds removably carried by said table, a lurality of blow molds removably carried y the table, an elevator arranged in the charging line and adapted to successively engage the parison molds in the charging line and lift them first into the blow mold and then to lift the parison mol and blow mold together from the table, a

.the elevator at the charging point, to then shit't the molds from the charging oint and relative to the rotary table and to t ereafter withdraw from the molds, and a detruder arranged to receive the molds from the shifter member and to lower the same to the rotary table and to retract the parison mold from the blow mold.

6. A glass working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable table, a plurality of parison molds removably carried by said table, a plurality of blow molds removably carried by the table, an elevator arranged in the charging line and adapted to successively engage the arisen molds in the charging line and lift them first into the blow mold and then to lift the parison mold and blow mold together from the table` a shifter member arranged above the table and adapted to be moved firstinto position to receive a parison mold and blow mold from the elevator at the charging point, to then shift the molds from the charging int and relative to the rotary table and to t ereafter withdraw from the molds, and a detruder a. ed to receive the molds from the shifter member and to lower the same to the rotary table.

7. A glas working machine comprising a horizontally rotatable table, a plurality of receptacles removably mounted on said table. a coaxial rotary carrier arranged above the table and provided with a piurality of radially shitable platens, an elevator arranged to 4slocevely engage the receptaries of the table and raise them in the ranged to successively en :ige the recept-ii- 15 c izirging line from the table, niizins for rzilos of the tiible and mise ein in the rhzirgdisilly shifting the pliitcns to :i position being line from 'the table, means for radially nezith the rinsed receptacle, means for roshifting the platone ton position beneath the 5 toting the rotary carrier independent of the ruis-vil receptacles, nieiins for rotating the ta le, and ii detruder rranged to receive rerotary i'airi'iei, :ind :i doti-lider arranged to in ceptncles siicrussively from the platens and receive rvceptnclis snrcvssively from the to lower them to the rota-ry table. pliitc-ns nml to lower theni to the rotary table. glass workingmiii-hine conil'irising n ii Witness i'vhereof I have hereunto set lo horizontally rotatable table, :i plurality of my hund :tt Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania., this receptacles removably mounted on siiid table, eighteenth day of June, A. D. onethonsiiiid 25 :i coaxial rotary carrier arranged above the nine hundred and eighteeen. tiible :ind provided with a plurality of radially shiftable platens, an elevator im, FRANK L. 0. WADSWORTH. 

